Paper-bag holder



STIEHL. PAPER BAG HOLDER.

(No Model.)

Patented Apr. 18, 18931 asm..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO M. STIEHL, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

PAPER-BAG HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,605, dated April 18, 1893.

Application filed December 20, 1892. Serial No. 455,764. (Nomodel.)

To tu whom t may con/cern:`

Be it known that I, OTTO M. STIEHL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Belleville, in the county of St. Clair and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Paper-Bag Holder, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to paper bag holders, and has for its object to provide means for arranging the bags in tiers and rendering the same easily accessible for use, the parts being simple and effective in their construction and operation. v

With this object in view, the invention con sists of the construction and arrangement of the parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved bag holder, showing bags arranged in proper position in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section thereof.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates the outer casing, which may be of any suitable form and dimension, butas shown is pyramidal in its contour, and having a closed back 2, and an open front. IVithin the said casing is mounted a series of superposed horizontally disposed partitions 3, that are so arranged as to provide a series of compartments 4 of varying dimensions and adapted to contain bags of dierent sizes. As shown, the compartments 4 decrease in size toward the top of the casing, so that the larger bags are located at the bottom and gradually diminish in size toward the top of the said casing. On the apex of the casing is mounted a twineholder 5, that is preferably divided into compartments in order to receive two balls of twine and to adapt the said twine to be unwound from one ball without becoming entangled with the other ball. As shown, this twine-holder is of spherical form and will be made separable, or one section thereof hinged to the other, whereby ready access may be gained thereto for the purpose of replenishing the same with twine. From the front portion of each partition 3, at the under side thereof, and extending rearwardly at a downward inclination to the back portion of the partition next below is a strip 6, that is centrally disposed and immovably secured. Each compartment is supplied with one of these strips,

and they are intended and used to force theV bags outward at the upper portion thereof in each compartment in order that they may be readily engaged and removed when desired for use, and also forming a space by said arrangement for engagement of the next bunch of bags below. When the bunches or bundles of bags are inserted in the compartments the ends that are to be exposed and projected from the front of the casing of the holder are arranged at an oblique angle and the inner or rear ends, as the said bags are located in the said holder, are turned upward and over, the lowermost bag covering the ends of the other bags above the same. This latter arrangement is permissible in View of the fact thatthe lowermost bag enters the compartment a greater distance than the successive bags above the same, and by this means a binding effect is produced that prevents too loose movement of the bags when one of the same is withdrawn, this binding being facilitated by the position of the strips 6. Vhen the bags are first inserted and to avoid inconvenience, it is better to loosen the same in order to separate those that may be stuck together, as frequently happens, and it will be observed that in the position that they occupy the upturned ends continuously bear against the strips 6, and a comparatively regular binding tension is preserved at all times. It will be seen that the upper bags of each bunch or bundle project outward farther than the lowermost bags, which is occasioned by the position of the strips 6 at a rearward and downward oblique angle. It will also be seen that the back 2- of the casing is arranged at an angle of inclination and converges toward the top of the casing, but other than presenting a neat form and providing for a decreasing gradation in the size of the several compartments, this construction and arrangement would form no functionin view of the'use and position of the strips 6.

Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction can be made without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

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The bag holder can be made ont of any material to suit the taste or fancy of the mannfacturer; and the diagonal strips connecting the partitions of adjacent compartments may be made separable from the partitions so as to be capable of removal. It' desired, the diagonal strips may be provided with a spring.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is '1. In a bag-holder, the combination of an outer casing closed at the back and open at the front, a series of horizontally-disposed partitions forming compartments, and a series of strips secured to the under side of the front portion of one partition and extending rearward at a downward inclination to the partition next below and `fastened at the rear end thereof,said strips bein g centrally located, substantially as described.

2. In a bag holder, the casing having the series of compartments, and the diagonal strips connecting the partitions of adjacent compartments, and spanning each compartment, for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

OTTO STIEHL.

Witnesses:

W. H. JANSEN, H. M. HAAs. 

